MOBRO Marine, Inc.

MOBRO Marine, Inc.
Industry construction equipment
Founded 1962
Founder Maxey Dell Moody, Jr.
Headquarters Green Cove Springs, Florida
Key people
 John Rowland
(President)
John Hall
(Vice President and COO)
Steve Cumella
(Vice President and CFO)
Maxey Dell Moody IV
(Vice President)
Website www.mobromarine.com

MOBRO Marine, Inc. is a marine and construction equipment business headquartered in Green Cove Springs, Florida. It was established in 1962 as Moody Brothers of Jacksonville by Maxey Dell Moody, Jr.[1] Moody Bros. was initially a sister company of M. D. Moody & Sons, Inc. where it would handle the marine business and rental of large construction equipment. In 1992, as the result of a corporate spinoff of the Pablo Creek Marina and other assets it was incorporated and re-named as MOBRO Marine, Inc.

History

MOBRO barges and cranes building a bridge in Florida.

In 1962 Moody Brothers was established by Maxey Dell Moody, Jr. to handle the marine business and rental of large construction equipment of its sister company M. D. Moody & Sons, Inc. Moody Brothers was to contribute to the growth of M. D. Moody & Sons, Inc. by way of tug and barge. By 1984 Moody Brothers possessed over 100 barges such as material hauling or load line barges. Moody Brothers, like its sister company M. D. Moody & Sons, Inc., has a large rental fleet of cranes and other construction equipment.[2] In 1992 Moody Brothers had a corporate spin-off of the Pablo Creek Marina and was incorporated as MOBRO Marine, Inc. The main business of MOBRO Marine, Inc. is the rental of barges, cranes and tugboats to marine contractors. They also refurbish American cranes, repair cranes and barges, perform marine salvage, and provide inland and worldwide towing services.[3] [4] MOBRO Marine is also the Kobelco Crawler crane dealer of Florida.[5] It currently operates out of Green Cove Springs and Tampa with operations to the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. One example of MOBRO's tug and barge operations is the MOBRO 4000 incident when a barge owned by MOBRO Marine, Inc. full of garbage from New York City was turned away by three countries and six states while making national headlines along with a nightly gag of a map tracker by Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.[6][7]

Operations

MOBRO Marine, Inc. is headquartered on the St. Johns River in Green Cove Springs, Florida and also has a shipyard in Tampa, Florida. The facility in Green Cove Springs has over 100 barges, a large rental fleet of cranes with a lift capacity of 450 tons and a fleet of tugboats up to 2500 hp. MOBRO Marine, Inc. has been involved in building bridges and other marine projects throughout the Southeastern United States. One notable event for MOBRO is in Jacksonville, Florida where MOBRO barges are used for the Fourth of July fireworks.[8] The barges of MOBRO are also used to transport heavy equipment such as NASA's giant external fuel tank in 2013.[9]

Delivering an 18 ft. diameter cylinder to Georgia-Pacific Corporation in Palatka around 1975 and (right) a tugboat called the El Puma Grande in 1985.

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Notes

  1. ↑ Gianoulis, Deborah; Smith, Lawrence (1998). Jacksonville: Reflections of Excellence. Memphis, TN: Towery Publishing, Inc. p. 225.
  2. ↑ Gianoulis, Deborah; Smith, Lawrence (1998). Jacksonville: Reflections of Excellence. Memphis, TN: Towery Publishing, Inc. p. 225.
  3. ↑ "Services". mobromarine.com. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
  4. ↑ "A Full-Service Marine Equipment Company Since 1962!". mobromarine.net. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
  5. ↑ John, Libby. "MOBRO Marine, Inc.". tlimagazine.com. TLI. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
  6. ↑ Winerip, Daniel. "The Big Stories Then in the Clear Light of Now". nytimes.com. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
  7. ↑ "A Flash Point". agardenlife.com. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  8. ↑ Burk, Don. "Pyro Shows sets up barges for fireworks displays". Jacksonville.com. Jacksonville.com. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  9. ↑ Whitley, Philip. "Giant space shuttle tank passes through St. Augustine en route to Keystone". staugustine.com. staugustine.com. Retrieved July 3, 2014.

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